Special Value to Honey Bees
Identified by beekeepers and pollination biologists as an important pollen or nectar source (honey plant) for honey bees. This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed Few-flower Milkweed Red Milkweed | |
Asclepias latifolia | Broadleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias linearis | Slim Milkweed | |
Asclepias linaria | Pine-needle Milkweed Needle-leaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias longifolia | Longleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias michauxii | Michaux's Milkweed | |
Asclepias obovata | Pineland Milkweed | |
Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed | |
Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval-leaf Milkweed Dwarf Milkweed | |
Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed Aquatic Milkweed | |
Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | |
Asclepias quadrifolia | Fourleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias rubra | Red Milkweed Tall Pink Bog Milkweed | |
Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed | |
Asclepias stenophylla | Slimleaf Milkweed Narrowleaf Milkweed Narrowleaf Green Milkweed | |
Asclepias subulata | Rush Milkweed Desert Milkweed Ajamete | |
Asclepias subverticillata | Horsetail Milkweed Poison Milkweed | |
Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed Sullivant's Milkweed Smooth Milkweed | |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | |
Asclepias texana | Texas Milkweed White Milkweed | |
Asclepias tomentosa | Tuba Milkweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias variegata | Redring Milkweed White-flowered Milkweed | |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
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